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So this converter thingy is like doing P2V ?<br />
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Could I not just use vCenter to clone?<br />
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Also, on the target cloned VM, if the hostname &amp;&nbsp;IP addr<br />
are changed (via sysprep), will the printers still work &nbsp;in<br />
the target VM?
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So this converter thingy is like doing P2V ?

Could I not just use vCenter to clone?

Also, on the target cloned VM, if the hostname & IP addr
are changed (via sysprep), will the printers still work  in
the target VM?

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This is a V2V since the source is a VM. You can use the clone feature to create the VM on the destination cluster. I am unsure about the printers part since it involves Sysprep.
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This is a V2V since the source is a VM. You can use the clone feature to create the VM on the destination cluster. I am unsure about the printers part since it involves Sysprep.

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I have a need to clone a Production VM over from another<br />
cluster but I don't have downtime for that VM.<br />
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How can I clone it over to be used at my cluster assuming<br />
I have a common vCenter managing that cluster plus my<br />
cluster?<br />
<br />
That source VM is running Win2008 Enterprise.<br />
<br />
Pls provide step by step instruction.
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I have a need to clone a Production VM over from another
cluster but I don't have downtime for that VM.

How can I clone it over to be used at my cluster assuming
I have a common vCenter managing that cluster plus my
cluster?

That source VM is running Win2008 Enterprise.

Pls provide step by step instruction.

Cloning a VM across cluster without shutting down VM

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.